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Tamworth MP Christopher Pincher said a recent judicial review on HS2 will give ministers "an excellent opportunity" to increase the compensation package for people affected by the high speed line.
A High Court ruling found the consultation on compensation was conducted unlawfully after hundreds of responses were 'mis-placed'.
Mr Pincher said: "The Government accepts it got the consultation...
HS2 ministers may be forced to pay out more fairly and to more homes, hope campaigners following a High Court decision.
The government’s 2011 consultation on compensation for Stage 1 of the HS2 route was deemed “so unfair as to be unlawful” in the High Court.
Lord Justice Ouseley ruled that not enough information was provided to consultees, and that the criteria by which compensation...
An action group opposing the government’s HS2 high speed rail link through Church Fenton has received council backing for its campaign.
Co-ordinator for CHF Says No To HS2 – The end of the line for HS2 – campaign group, Jo Mason, said Selby District Council and North Yorkshire County Council representatives were unconvinced of the benefits the proposed rail link would bring when they met...
Hundreds of people were at a meeting to hear from the county council leader and an MP about how they can keep up the fight against HS2 following the judicial review results.
They were assured by Bucks County Council leader Martin Tett and Chesham and Amersham MP Cheryl Gillan that the battle against the high-speed rail project is far from over.
About 200 concerned residents went to the anti...
Opponents of the HS2 high-speed rail network have welcomed part of the judgement but remains disappointed with the overall decision to continue with the controversial project.
The Judicial Review ruled the HS2 compensation scheme was ruled "so unfair as to be unlawful".
But the overall decision to continue with the project as a whole was disappointing.
Lord Justice Ouseley upheld the...
'A chink in the armour' was discovered after a High Court judge ruled the HS2 consultation was unlawful, a south Bucks MP has said.
Chesham and Amersham MP Cheryl Gillan said the result of Friday's Judicial Review into the controversial high speed railway line was "a decisive victory" for campaigners despite a judge dismissing nine out of ten points that were challenged.
But Lord Justice...
Over the Science Museum audience, lit as unflatteringly as possible, loomed a vast picture of Dr Richard Beeching: bald, double-chinned, amply-waistcoated, a nasty smirk on his face as he held up the most notorious document in the history of British railways.
Almost precisely 50 years since the Beeching Report was published, the crowd, from the Railfuture campaign group, had gathered to hiss...
Residents along the route of the planned HS2 high-speed rail route are in line to receive bigger compensation payments after a court ruled that ministers broke the law in consultation over the scheme.
However, there was relief at the Department of Transport as several other legal challenges to the £33bn project enthusiastically promoted by David Cameron were thrown out.
The result is that...
Campaigners fighting HS2 are angry and frustrated after winning just one of the arguments in the High Court today (Friday) - and they have vowed to fight on.
Mr Justice Ouseley ruled that former Transport Secretary, Justine Greening's, consultation on the various forms of property compensation that would be offered to affected homeowners, was unlawful.
But HS2 Ltd swiftly responded by declaring...
Stop HS2 campaigner Joe Rukin speaks outside the Royal Courts of Justice after a judge upholds just one of 10 objections to a planned high-speed rail route between London and Birmingham. The sole successful challenge was HS2 Action Alliance's claim that the way compensation was decided and consulted on was 'fundamentally unfair'
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